Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Brautign, Richard. The Octopus Frontier. Carp Press, 1960.
Price: US$325.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Covers have light what appear to be coffee stains. A crisp, sound copy with absolutely clean interior. A rare Brautigan entry.
Seller: Abyssbooks, Crestone, CO, U.S.A.
Brautigan, Richard. The Octopus Frontier. Carp Press, San Francisco, 1960.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Stiff photo-illustrated wrappers. First and only edition of this early collection of poems by Brautigan. One tiny blemish to the blank rear cover, else a very satisfying bright near fine example. By the author of A Confederate General at Big Sur and other 60's counterculture favorites. This slender unpaginated volume contains poems some of which were first published in Richard Duerden's Foot Magazine and Jack Spicer's J magazine.
Seller: Derringer Books, Member ABAA, Avon, CT, U.S.A.
Brautigan, Richard. The Octopus Frontier. Carp Press, San Francisco, 1960.
Price: US$650.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. Staplebound in wraps. Very Good+ with faint hints of foxing or staining to front wrap, tiny corner crease to back wrap. A rare early chapbook by the author of Trout Fishing in America. His poetry, though often out-of-print and known mainly to collectors, often distills his best qualities as a writer.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Brautigan, Richard. The octopus frontier. Carp Press, 1960.
Price: US$695.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A sound and clean copy that looks like coffee stains mostly to back cover. Rare as hens' teeth.
Seller: Abyssbooks, Crestone, CO, U.S.A.
Brautigan, Richard. The Octopus Frontier. Carp Press, San Francisco, 1960.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Printing. A book of poems. Brautigan's scarce fourth book, self published in a small, undisclosed print run. Illustrated stapled wrappers. A sharp copy. Book is protected in a clear mylar cover. All books are carefully wrapped and shipped in a box.
Seller: Cahill Rare Books, Mission Viejo, CA, U.S.A.
Brautigan, Richard. OCTOPUS FRONTIER. S.F, Carp Press, 1960.
Price: US$875.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 12mo.decorated wrappers.about Fine with very slight toning to rear wrapper.scarce.(L2/4)
Seller: NUDEL BOOKS, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Brautigan, Richard.. The Octopus Frontier.. Carp Press, San Francisco, 1960.
Price: US$875.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Fine in stapled pictorial printed wrappers. (unpaginated) (5" X 7") An early self-published collection of 22 poems which seldom is located in sharp condition. Brautigan's fourth book and second poetry collection. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall
Seller: WAVERLEY BOOKS ABAA, Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.
Brautigan, Richard. The Octopus Frontier. Carp Press Publication, San Francisco, 1960.
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing. A beautiful copy. This True First Edition is bound in the ORIGINAL publisher's wraps. The pages are exceptionally clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. Overall, a wonderful copy of this rare Brautigan First Edition. We buy Brautigan First Editions.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
Brautigan, Richard. The Octopus Frontier. Carp Press, 1960.
Price: US$3000.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Edition SIGNED by Richard Brautigan on the title page. This book was SIGNED at the University of Montana in November 1980 after a reading by Brautigan. The book has minor wear to the edges and some discoloration. The page are clean with NO marks or bookplates in the book. A lovely copy SIGNED by the author with provenance.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.